Holocene coastal change and geoarchaeology at Howick, Northumberland, UK

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-104

  Boomer, Ian ^a,d   Waddington, Clive ^a,b   Stevenson, Tony ^a   Hamilton, Derek ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH SERVICES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal change; Foraminifera; Geoarchaeology; Holocene; Mesolithic; Northumberland coast; Ostracods; Pollen; Radiocarbon; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSLIDE; MESOLITHIC; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TSUNAMI; VEGETATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHUMBERLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 34548095659     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607073281     Document Type: Review

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